View across the Outer Harbour of Stornoway

Thursday, 15 January 2009

Remembering Today - 15 January

On this day in the First World War, this man from the Isle of Lewis lost his life in the service of King & Country. RIP.

Able Seaman DONALD MACLEOD

Last address in Lewis: 23 Lower Garrabost,
Son of Donald and Christina Macleod, of 23, Garrabost, Stornoway, Lewis.
Regiment or division: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Attentive II
Service number: Mersey Z/769
Date of death: 15 January 1917 at the age of 22
Died of wounds, in hospital
Interred: Ramscappelle Road Military Cemetery, Belgium
Memorial reference: IV. D. 4.
Lewis Memorial: Point (Garrabost)

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